My A/C story is the A/C in car broke- I did not want to spend 2500 for repair-2 kids in college-160 K miles on car--dontjano, 4 years it went on. Kid graduates. Then I got new car. One kid told me that I am scary tough.

As a "front desk person" I feel that ladies pain. You are told to do it your employers way and thus confuse the rest of the free world. To Mr. Autoclave refurb guy in So Cal that I worked for...pooey on you! /end vent

@Packer: I live Las Vegas, and I can tell you this: no, we cannot just suck it up and go without A/C. It regularly hits 115 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer. Must be awesome for people who can, though! :)

@ Packer I believe that Dr. Grumpy has mentioned that he gets migraine headaches.

As a migrainer, myself, I find that excess heat (for me that is anything over 85 degrees F.) triggers a migraine headache.

So, no, the Grumpy family can not just tough it out without a house A/C. Besides, being without A/C in a car, where you can roll down the windows (though that reduces gas milage), is different from being without A/C in a house that collects heat, and multiplies it, so that it ends up hotter in the house than outdoors.

wv: ectiatic -- A house without an attic, so that it always overheats in the summer.

@Packer I have to go along with RSDS. There are valid medical reasons for needing A/C. Not just migraines, which I have, but allergies (which I also have along with my kids), but other disorders where you need to either a) be in a certain temperature range to keep from killing others because of the pain b) maintain a certain humidity in the house to keep from killing others due to pain c) remove allergens from air to keep from killing others due to pain d) some combination of a, b, and/or c e) all of the above

FWIW I live in Tennessee in the US where the temperatures vary from the 40sF to the 80sF during the Spring... +/- 10 degrees depending on the year. Don't get me started on pollen!!

Not another "greener than thou" contest. Although the "crunchier than thou" thread I read earlier today at mothering.com let to people bragging that they have never, ever brushed their precious teeth with any horrible, abrasive brushes or toxic toothpaste! So these things do get entertaining.

Why is it, though, that if someone makes a single conservation effort or sacrifice, they automatically lecture everyone else who doesn't make the same sacrifice, even though they have absolutely no idea of the relative overall carbon footprints of the two parties?

It's kind of like one of my colleagues who was complaining that her brother donates less money to charity than she does. The reason why? He gets a very low salary because he works for a nonprofit providing services to battered women. His sister, my coworker, was a highly paid government translator in the defense industry making about 5 times his salary. I'm pretty sure he already made his charitable contribution at the office!

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